Sunday Sermonette: Hit the snooze button again

Ch. 23 is just more of the Chronicler ' s obsession with lists of names, and religious orthodoxy. Specifically, he lists the Levites at the end of David ' s life, their ancestry and their duties. Why we should care about the names of these people who were long dead by the time Chronicles was compiled I have no idea.  What is noteworthy,, however, is that the Chronicler completely omits the very bloody history of the succession recounted in Samuel and Kings. In addition to Solomon, there was another pretender to the throne who was actually briefly anointed king, and a deadly civil conflict before Solomon finally took the throne. All of this is unmentioned in Chronicles.23 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.2 He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of theLord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise theLord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose. ”6 David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.Gershonites7 Belonging to the Gershonites:Ladan and Shimei.8 The sons of Ladan:Jehiel the ...
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